http://thenexthurrah.typepad.com/the_next_hurrah/contributoremptywheel/index.html.........That is, some of the most obvious abuses--using sex and religion--are now forbidden. But the key information, what remains permitted, is in a separate, classified list that we don't get to see. And three other key details: the Executive Order explicitly denies any legal responsibilities associated with the EO, so even if some overzealous torturer ignores it, he's not going to jail. The Red Cross remains unable to monitor prisoners in this newfangled "enhanced interrogation" program. And Congress still doesn't have a copy of the DOJ opinion on the program. For that matter, Karen DeYoung reports that the Administration hasn't responded to Congress' other questions, either.
They said the administration has not responded to the questions they asked during a recent briefing on the new order and the detainee program.
Mind you, this is the DOJ review that Congress mandated as part of the Military Commissions Act. But I guess that's classified too.
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